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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Quilting - The Joy of My Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the general store operated by Patton D. Queen opened?
(a) In the 1700s.
(b) In the 1800s.
(c) In the 1950s.
(d) In the early 1900s.

2. In the section of Foxfire 9 entitled "The General Store," how did the illiterate general store owner keep track of outstanding debts owed to him for items his customers had purchased on credit?
(a) He hired a clerk who could read and write to track his debts.
(b) He trusted his customers to remember how much they owed.
(c) He drew pictures of the items purchased.
(d) He relied on his memory.

3. What trade did Frank Moore have to learn because his family was so poor?
(a) Blacksmithing.
(b) Pottery making.
(c) Gunsmithing.
(d) Trapping animals for fur trading.

4. What were crazy quilts?
(a) Quilts stitched in a hurry.
(b) Friendship quilts, personalized and presented as a gift.
(c) Quilts with both stripes and polka dots.
(d) Quilts made in asymmetrical patterns.

5. Who wrote the Introduction to Foxfire 9?
(a) Earl Hamner.
(b) John Gresham.
(c) Joyce Carol Oates.
(d) Elliot Wigginton.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following was not a quilt pattern traditionally made in Appalachia?

2. What New York publisher published the Foxfire series, of which Foxfire 9 is a part?

3. What materials were used by Aunt Arie Carpenter in the making of most of her quilts?

4. What did Aunt Arie call a "summer quilt"?

5. Why have reviewers stopped reviewing the new books in the Foxfire series?

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